- Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State, RI - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
--1 is a kind of American state
--1 is a part of New England
--1 has parts:Brown University, Brown; Providence, capital of Rhode Island; Newport; Narragansett Bay - Rhode Island - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
--2 is a kind of Colony